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Table A-15-1. Average scores of 15-year-old students on combined reading literacy scale and reading literacy subscales, by country: 2009


Country	Combined reading literacy score		Reading literacy subscale
Country	Combined reading literacy score		Access and retrieve		Integrate and interpret		Reflect and evaluate
OECD average	493		495		493		494	*
OECD countries
Australia	515	*	513	*	513	*	523	*
Austria	470	*	477	*	471	*	463	*
Belgium	506		513	*	504		505
Canada	524	*	517	*	522	*	535	*
Chile	449	*	444	*	452	*	452	*

Czech Republic	478	*	479	*	488		462	*
Denmark	495		502	*	492		493	*
Estonia	501		503	*	500		503	*
Finland	536	*	532	*	538	*	536	*
France	496		492		497		495	*

Germany	497		501		501		491	*
Greece	483	*	468	*	484	*	489	*
Hungary	494		501		496		489	*
Iceland	500		507	*	503		496	*
Ireland	496		498		494		502

Israel	474	*	463	*	473	*	483	*
Italy	486	*	482	*	490		482	*
Japan	520	*	530	*	520	*	521
Korea, Republic of	539	*	542	*	541	*	542	*
Luxembourg	472	*	471	*	475	*	471	*

Mexico	425	*	433	*	418	*	432	*
Netherlands	508		519	*	504		510
New Zealand	521	*	521	*	517	*	531	*
Norway	503		512	*	502		505
Poland	500		500		503		498	*

Portugal	489	*	488		487		496	*
Slovak Republic	477	*	491		481	*	466	*
Slovenia	483	*	489		489		470	*
Spain	481	*	480	*	481	*	483	*
Sweden	497		505	*	494		502	*

Switzerland	501		505	*	502		497	*
Turkey	464	*	467	*	459	*	473	*
United Kingdom	494		491		491		503	*
United States	500		492		495		512

Non-OECD countries
Albania	385	*	380	*	393	*	376	*
Argentina	398	*	394	*	398	*	402	*
Azerbaijan	362	*	361	*	373	*	335	*
Brazil	412	*	407	*	406	*	424	*
Bulgaria	429	*	430	*	436	*	417	*

Chinese Taipei	495		496		499		493	*
Colombia	413	*	404	*	411	*	422	*
Croatia	476	*	492		472	*	471	*
Dubai-UAE	459	*	458	*	457	*	466	*
Hong Kong-China	533	*	530	*	530	*	540	*

Indonesia	402	*	399	*	397	*	409	*
Jordan	405	*	394	*	410	*	407	*
Kazakhstan	390	*	397	*	397	*	373	*
Kyrgyz Republic	314	*	299	*	327	*	300	*
Latvia	484	*	476	*	484	*	492	*

Liechtenstein	499		508	*	498		498	*
Lithuania	468	*	476	*	469	*	463	*
Macao-China	487	*	493		488		481	*
Montenegro, Republic of	408	*	408	*	420	*	383	*
Panama	371	*	363	*	372	*	377	*

Peru	370	*	364	*	371	*	368	*
Qatar	372	*	354	*	379	*	376	*
Romania	424	*	423	*	425	*	426	*
Russian Federation	459	*	469	*	467	*	441	*
Serbia, Republic of	442	*	449	*	445	*	430	*

Shanghai-China	556	*	549	*	558	*	557	*
Singapore	526	*	526	*	525	*	529	*
Thailand	421	*	431	*	416	*	420	*
Trinidad and Tobago	416	*	413	*	419	*	413	*
Tunisia	404	*	393	*	393	*	427	*
Uruguay	426	*	424	*	423	*	436	*
*Significantly different from U.S. average (p<05).
NOTE: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average is the average of the national averages of the OECD member countries, with each country weighted equally. Because the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is principally an OECD study, the results for non-OECD countries are displayed separately from those of the OECD member countries and are not included in the OECD average. Scores are reported on a scale of 0 to 1,000. Italics indicate education systems in non-national entities. UAE is the United Arab Emirates. For more information on PISA, see supplemental note 5.
SOURCE: Fleischman, H.L., Hopstock, P.J., Pelczar, M.P., and Shelley, B.E. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004), table 3; data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2009.

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